Sizzling Black Pepper Prawns

Lately, my hubby has been doing most of the heavy lifting in the domestic department, at home.

I am now in the sixth month of my pregnancy and have a pretty good appetite. Like most couples, we find that it's important to do things together. And cooking is one of the many things we enjoy doing together.

Upon the last visit to the market, he had bought a nice bunch of tiger prawns. He helped me to clean, shell and de-vein them for me. The next step was what to do with them???

Not all recipes go with all kinds of meat/ seafood. And sometimes, you will find that with larger prawns, after cooking, they seem very hard and they don't gel well with the recipe.

But by looking at this bunch I immediately knew that I had to use this recipe, Black Pepper style.

 

Sizzling Black Pepper Prawns

And here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

12-13 large prawns

10 curry leaves

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 tsp butter

2 tbps oil

For the sauce:

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 shallot, finely chopped

1 tsp homemade chilli paste

1 thumb-sized ginger, finely chopped

1 tbsp sweet sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce

2 tbsps cracked black pepper

1 cup chicken/ beef stock

1 tbsp butter

1 tbsp chilli sauce

Method:

Heat the oil in a saucepan, add in the butter.

Add in the garlic and curry leaves. As it fragrance, add in the prawns.

Once the prawns are cooked, remove them from the heat and set aside.

Start with the sauce, heat up oil and fry the ginger, garlic and shallot.

Add in the butter and stir until fragrant.
Add in the chilli paste, stir to fry a little.

Add the sweet sauce, oyster sauce, black pepper and stir.

As it bubbles, add the stock in.

Allow it to bring to boil.

Toss in the praewn mixture fried earlier and mix well.

Dish out and serve hot.

Yummy Yum...

Do ensure not to over cook the prawns. 

They should be pink all around, yet maintain their succulent moisture within.

Also if you make extra sauce, you can store them in a jar into the freezer to be used for any other dishes.

Crayfish would be another great alternative with this sauce too.

Should you like the raw spicy taste you can add in more black pepper. Since I cook for the whole family, including my children, I added in the chillli sauce to mellow the spicy fire. 

I do hope you try this recipe and enjoy it with your loved ones, just as I have with mine.

-Cheers-